Gifford Lecture Series: Columbia, Woodrow and the Legacy of the Lost Cause

Gifford Lecture Series: Columbia, Woodrow and the Legacy of the Lost Cause
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This lecture looks at the circumstances surrounding the firing of James Woodrow from his post as a professor in the Columbia Seminary over the teaching of evolution. A closer examination reveals that what really animated the controversy were long-standing anxieties about abolitionism and fears over scientific claims that the human race was composed of different human species

Since their inception in 1888, the Gifford Lectures have become the foremost intellectual event dealing with religion, science and philosophy.  Lectures are given in the ancient Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and St. Andrews.

Professor David Livingstone, OBE FBA, Queen’s University, Belfast will deliver the 2014 Gifford Lectures at the University of Aberdeen on the subject of Dealing with Darwin: Place, Politics and Rhetoric in Religious Engagements with Evolution.

Attendance at this event is free of charge.

Please reserve your place using the online booking form below, or contact Mr Will Gibb by email w.gibb@abdn.ac.uk or telephone on (01224) 272080.

Speaker
Professor David Livingstone, OBE FBA, Queen's University, Belfast
Hosted by
Dr Philip Ziegler, Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen
Venue
King's Conference Centre
Contact

w.gibb@abdn.ac.uk or telephone on (01224) 272080.